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Editor-in-Chief of the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization focusing on criminal justice issues in the United States
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Bill Keller
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FROM Bill Keller
To the Point
Crime and Punishment: Is It Time for Reform? After decades of “tough on crime” laws, the US has packed its prisons with young, black convicts for non-violent drug crimes. Many conservatives now agree a system that’s not working is not worth the cost, and the call for reform is becoming bipartisan. On Monday, President Obama commuted the sentences of 46 federal prisoners serving long…
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